Word: formalization
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Diplomatic visits by heads of state are mostly symbolic affairs, concerned less with ironing out differences than with paying respects in a formal, stylized setting. In that sense, China President Hu Jintao's upcoming trip to Japan - the first by a Chinese head of state since 1998 - is expected to be run of the mill. The meticulously scripted itinerary calls for Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda to play host as Hu strolls through Yokohama's Chinatown, visits temples in Nara and dines at the Imperial Palace. On May 8 at Waseda University in Tokyo, Fukuda's alma mater...
...think in terms of colloquialisms, more so than seeping into writing, they are seeping into verbal communications,” she said. English professor Lawrence Buell echoed a similar sentiment, stating that he hasn’t noticed a presence of e-mail speak in his students’ formal writing. “This is the top of the mountain peak that you’re surveying as far as potential quality and smarts of the student group,” he said. “Maybe [Harvard] is unrepresentative of American human youth.” Richard Sterling...
...left-wing acquaintance of the Turkish Cypriot President, Mehmet Ali Talat; the two are more open to an agreement than their predecessors were. And while cooperation improved somewhat after a first crossing opened in 2003, there are now real hopes that some form of loose federation is in sight. Formal negotiations could begin in June...
...days until Harvard football kicks off its 2008 season under the lights of Harvard Stadium against Holy Cross, but its never too early to gauge how the team is going to look. Saturday witnessed the formal close of the team’s spring practices with the annual spring Crimson-White game that pits the first-string offense against the first-string defense and likewise for the second lines. Harvard’s second offense got out to an early 19-0 lead over the first offense, ultimately claiming a 19-14 victory.“Well, it was pretty...
...tied to slavery: for decades, if not centuries, the University inculcated pro-slavery sentiment and benefitted from funds that were the fruits of the slave trade or slave labor. But unlike many of its peers—such as Brown and Yale—Harvard has never conducted a formal examination of its past. And though the University has no plans to launch such an investigation, many feel the time is right for Harvard to do so, given that University President Drew G. Faust—a leading Civil War historian and a self-professed “civil-rights...